RPC III, 3762

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3762
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Semisses
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Edition Hadrianus Augustus
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription COS III, S C
Edition Co(n)s(ul) III S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Consul for the third time, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated on rocks, left, holding in her right hand ears of wheat and poppy-head; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming left, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.13 g
Axis 6
Reference RIC 686; BMC 1358; Strack 622; van Heesch 147–8/4; CRS 32; McAlee 545
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.686_semis
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1358 (and Pl. 83, 8)
2 2     P: 10849
3 3     ✸ P: 1972/1341-34
4 4     V: R 9884
5 5     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 545/1 (this coin illustrated at p. 223) = Elsen 26,12 Sept. 1992, lot 735
6 6     Lanz 94, Benz coll., 22 Nov. 1999, lot 517